Chavela Vargas and Her Friends

Chavela Vargas, Mexico’s living legend, has a new recording. For decades, Chavela’s ardent boleros and rancheras have stirred passions in Mexico and the rest of the Spanish speaking world. Her new album is titled ¡Por mi culpa!. It is a personal anthology of her favorite songs in which Chavela Vargas is joined by some of her friends.

The song selection includes ‘Las Ciudades’, ‘Un Mundo Raro’, ‘Luz De Luna’, ‘Las Simples Cosas’, ‘Piensa En Mí’, ‘Nosotros’ and ”Vámonos’. There is also a new song ‘¿A Dónde Te Vas, Paloma?’ that was composed during the recording sessions.
Chavela Vargas is past 90 now and she’s adding new fans. Although her hard life has affected her vocal abilities, ¡Por mi culpa! is already causing a sensation in Mexico and Spain.

¡Por mi culpa! is a well deserved tribute to one of the most influential figures in Latin American popular music.

Author: Angel Romero

Angel Romero y Ruiz has been writing about world music and progressive music for many years. He founded the websites worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. Angel co-produced “Musica NA”, a music show for Televisión Española (TVE) in Spain that featured an eclectic mix of world music, fusion, electronica, new age and contemporary classical music. Angel also produced and remastered world music and electronic music albums, compilations and boxed sets for Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Music of the World, Lektronic Soundscapes, and Mindchild Records. He was also the executive producer of the first Latino feature film made in North Carolina titled “Los sueños de Angélica.”.